Never Tickle A Tiger By Pamela Buchart (Bloomsbury; €8.80)

THE Disneyfication of the Famous Five is set to end years of speculation that George shacked up with a woman and Timmy met his maker in a crush with a bus.

TIPPLING ginger beer, trips to Kirrin Island and combating smuggling rings were all in a summer’s work for the Famous Five and they’re set for a return to our TV screens.